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My daughter bought an '04 KA 10 months ago. It only had 29000 on the clock. However 3 weeks ago the steering rack needed replaced which cost her over £500. It passed it's MOT last week,then 2 days ago,the front spring broke and burst her tyre,narrowly missing the brake pipe.
Thankfully she was reversing out the drive at the time and not on the road. Understandably she's now worried about driving it in case of more problems.
Should these faults occur in a 5 year old car with low mileage? According to the dealer she's just been unlucky. Is this the case, or is this the norm with 5 year old cars?
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Some cars have more faults than others I'm afraid. My spring broke and I had only done 40,000 miles.
It also depends on how it has been driven in the past. The previous keeper might have thrashed it for its 29000 miles before your daughter bought it.
Unless there is still a warranty on it I don't think she would have a hope, legally speaking, of getting anything out of the car dealer, if there was one, and no hope whatsoever if the seller was private.
Thanks for the reply Prolix. It was bought from a main Ford dealer. I know she won't get anything out of the dealer, I was more asking out of curiousity as my last 3 cars(Mazdas) were all over 10 years old and I've never had problems like that, just the usual exhaust & wear and tear problems. I thought with a younger car she'd have less problems, not more! I think you may be right about the previous owner, when we went to change the wheel, the spare was so buckled it was undrivable.
She's decided to trade it in at the end of the year and go for a Mazda instead.
Bank of Scotland account 1 - £2,666 WON
Bank of Scotland account 2 - £2,500 on hold
GE Capital charges -£30 won (hey, every little helps!)
Barclays Partner Finance £425 charges - £225 offer accepted.
Finally debt free after 4.5 years, thanks to my Debt Management Plan through Payplan. There is no better feeling
Ford KA problems
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